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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 5/19/22

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Dan Szymborski

12:32

I think it's a risky proposition - he's misse da lot of time due to injury

Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes

12:32

"I wrote about McClanahan and his improved changeup last week, and his seven-inning shutout of the woeful Tigers unsurprisingly isn’t changing my view of him as a pitcher."
Mr. McClanahan actually gave up one earned run, a solo home run to Jeimer Candelario. Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

Dan Szymborski

12:32

Oops, I got his starts mixed up!

12:33

I watch too many games at once. Ideally I'm not fired!

Guest

12:33

Over/Under on Max Scherzer injury: 6 weeks

Dan Szymborski

12:33

I'll say under for now

John Olerud

12:33

Despite Hiura's heroics yesterday, what do you think about the idea of "challenge"/"change of scenery" trade of Kelenic for Hiura? Who says no? And who is worth more at this current juncture, Kelenic (because of his further distance from arbitration) or Hiura (because of his actually short-lived success in the majors)?

Dan Szymborski

12:34

I like change of scenery trades, but I still rather have Kelenic

He at least has a position he can play well

Smucky the cat

12:36

Do you think the twins should have demoted Lewis?

Dan Szymborski

12:36

In an ideal world, no

But the Twins roster makes things kind of tricky.

Unless you want to demote Miranda and play Urshela at first

12:37

and maybe move polanco over to trhird?

12:38

Keeping him right now basically means giving up on Urshela or putting Gordon through waiversor thinning out the pitching staff somewhat

Liz

12:39

Has Franchy Cordero figured it out, or is it too soon to judge? From the eye test he seems much more capable as a major league hitter than last year, and he'll probably get a lot of time at first if he keeps it up since Shaw was atrocious and Dalbec hasn't been good at all either.

Dan Szymborski

12:39

Let's see him prove it AND stay healthy!

I keep jumping the gun on him and thrice bitten, quace shy

Mysterio

12:39

Christian Yelich: Andrew McCutchen 2. Why do such superstars rapidly decline like this?

Dan Szymborski

12:39

The injury probably assisted. People tend to underrate the probability that a start in his late 20s will decline

Colton

12:40

Would you prefer Buehler or Aaron Nola for the rest of the year?

Dan Szymborski

12:40

I'm a Nolaphile, but I can't turn down Buehler

Rob Neyer

12:40

Bill James doesn't like WAR. Just sayin.

Dan Szymborski

12:40

Bill does like win shares!

Gus Chiggins

12:41

I had two slices of bread with a beef frank between them. I duct taped one of the four sides so that the slices effectively hinge. I slowly ate everything but stopped just short of the crust where the duct tape was. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but I’m not sure if I’ve just eaten a hot dog or sandwich. Please help.

Dan Szymborski

12:41

I think it was a sandwich, but I'm having trouble visualizing it. You should upload a video so we can judge!

Greg

12:42

Check out the RP “clutch” ratings for 2022 compared to previous seasons: https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=rel&lg=all&qual=0...

just an aberration, or is something else going on?

Dan Szymborski

12:42

I dunno, I'd have to ruminate on this some!

Bro-ham

12:42

Dude, you seem short today in terms of answers...feeling okay?

Dan Szymborski

12:42

Am I? I'm usually quite brusque!

Maddon

12:42

Watch a few Angels games. Ward bats with authority - he rarely swings at a bad pitch, and just looks confident, like a star. It is one of the weirdest transformations I've seen in recent years.

Dan Szymborski

12:43

Oh, he looks great. But I've also learned to be mistrustful of eyes

Bryan in Boise

12:43

read an article the other day about the Nationals being better off trading Juan Soto. What would the Nationals have to get in return to move the best young hitter in baseball?

Dan Szymborski

12:44

They'll get a ton, but they're not going to get a whole top 10 list from a team or anything

12:45

Think Rickey's trade in 1984

Now, the names mostly didn't end up amazing, but they were all good prospects

Kevin

12:46

is Trevor Rogers the ace we saw last year, or more of a 4.00-4.50 ERA guy?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

In the middle